The millionth Q on optics for bolt gun.

[Tzvia]

Yea, I know- search. I did and read and I think I am looking for 4ish-18ishx50ish for use on the Remington 308 PSS I bought today. Just looking to shoot 100~400yds paper, and to 'kill the 600yd pig' at Angeles. I don't want to do all kinds of custom stuff to it, just get good glass, and get it mounted properly. No expert here on these things, I'm a millsurper who likes to reload for my old swedes and rubins, but I got the long range bug and my old eyes just don't cut it with irons past 100 yards. So I fell in love with the Remi after convincing myself I needed the Savage LOL. It feels good. So the wait begins...

Good bang for the buck in the 700 clam area, plus another 250ish for mounting solution- a rail mount? I want to do it right the first time without going too crazy on the optics. I might even put that on my heavy barrelled .223 AR and put my 3-18 IOR illum scope on the Remi if I can find some low 35mm rings. Suggestions?

[skkppy]

Hello, I am not a "veteran poster" but i do, do quite a bit of shooting, and in my opinion i would get something less than what your budget involves. Not long ago i was in your boat, and i opted to get a millet scope for my Remington 700 in .308. I got the buck gold with target turrets and mill dots and i can say i couldnt be more pleased. It cost me ~279 on sale from midwayusa, and was worth every penny. The optics are very bright (has 50mm objective lens) and the focus is dead on and crisp. So far i have used it to shoot accurately up to 850 yards. With the savings on the scope you could put the rest of the money into either ammo or something like a custom stock like i did.

Dont get me wrong though, if i was a baller i would love to spend on a nice nightforce but for now im quite happy with my not so costly scope. As far as the mounts go i went with millet mounts as well and they are solid, they have quite a bit of surface area to grip the scope. Also millett stuff is supposedly life time guarantee, but i have had no reason to contact them yet.

My $.02 from a guy who actually goes out and shoots and does not just get his info from others on calguns

[Jpach]

Check out the Vortex Viper PST 4-16.

[NapaCountyShooter]

You have that nice IOR. I'd put that on the Remington and I'd look at the SWFA Super Sniper 3-9 for the AR. It would fit in your price range and it's an FFP wilth mil/mil adjustments, fits the AR's range well. Just a thought.
As far as mounting, check out Badger Ordnance for the rail, one piece picatiny works well, and IOR makes 35mm rings along with many other companies. Good luck.

[X-NewYawker]

There are always deals on the Leupold 4.5-14x Tactical Mark IV models in the SHotgun news.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=safari&rls=en&q=Leupold+4-14X&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=3303781371178892428&sa=X&ei=s86ZTZenLILmsQPMn-yDAw&ved=0CEsQ8wIwBg#ps-sellers

This scope has been recommended to me as the highest magnification for a working Tactical rifle in 308 (unless you are concentrating on 1000yard shooting)

[Beetle Bailey]

We just had a meet-n-shoot at ASR yesterday afternoon and there were 4 heavy barreled Remington 700's in .308 there! There were quite a few set-ups you could have tired to hit that 600 yard little pig with (my favorite target is the little red one).


For your budget, I would check out Vortex Viper PST and Badger Ord rings and mount.

[rero360]

We just had a meet-n-shoot at ASR yesterday afternoon and there were 4 heavy barreled Remington 700's in .308 there! There were quite a few set-ups you could have tired to hit that 600 yard little pig with (my favorite target is the little red one).


For your budget, I would check out Vortex Viper PST and Badger Ord rings and mount.

I was pounding the snot out of that little pig yesterday i think I hit the mounting bolt like 10 times over the course of the day.

To the OP, while I wont recommend a particular scope, I will suggest you narrow your search to a scope that has a first focal plane reticle and that the turrets adjustments match the reticle, whether its MOA or Mil, both are perfectly fine. Even though my Leupold MK4 6.5x20 is a good scope I don't have it mounted to anything at the moment and don't like using it since getting used to FFP and matching reticle and turrets.

[Tzvia]

I think in the end, that I am not getting the best use from my IOR so I will find some low rings (have high ones right now) and look into that Badger Ordnance rail and set it up on the Remi.

Maybe that Vortex or a Leupold would make a better match on the AR.

Now to buy some bullets and brass and maybe powder if I don't already have a suitable one... Can't wait to measure that throat (hear they run long, like my Swede Mausers) and get crankin.

[Ak707]

I just got a $500 check from AT&T for some class action suit I know nothing about lmao.
I'm gonna buy a Vortex Viper PST 4x16 FFP